Patience…

Another classic from Ben…we were running a bit behind last week, after swimming lessons and needing to get some dinner and run some errands, so my patience was running thin with “special” drivers and red lights. Ben and Andrew were busy telling Jeff and me stories the whole drive to the restaurant. Getting a slight headache and annoyed with the driver in front of me when I missed the...

Dad says . . .

I wish we had a chance to record this so you could have heard it rather than read about it.  I’ll do my best to describe it . . . In the morning, Ben and Andrew were hanging out in their bedroom.  They were bored so decided to make a fort out of their blankets on the bunk bed.  Proud of their efforts, Andrew came in to tell Mom and Dad about it.  From a previous experience, Dad was a bit nervous...

NADM

I am starting a new category for our blog . . . Never A Dull Moment (NADM).  These will be stories about Ben and Andrew providing entertainment and laughs to Mom & Dad (whether or not it was their intention).  We are curious to see how many of these we can collect by the end of the year.   I know all parents have moments like these so feel free to post your own #NADM on facebook/twitter/email. Here...

Hi Jen :)

Okay, I got a friendly reminder today that some people are still reviewing the jeffnjudy.com site for updates.  I apologize for not keeping up to date on my posts.  I will go through some old pictures and post some recent adventures with the boys.  Upcoming . . . we are looking at taking skiing lessons with the boys in the near future.  We will document this adventure, if I can keep from falling on the...

Call Me

So it begins . . . while working with Ben on some of his homework, he abruptly stopped: Ben:  Oh Dad, I got a phone number. Dad:  What? Ben: A girl at school gave me her phone number so I gave her mine. Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to Dad.  Opening up the paper, in green highlighter was some numbers.  Very cute . . . instead of 507 it read 705. ...